Are there schools like this? If not there should be

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Anonymous wrote:Are there schools that have ‘branches’ in different locations and you can flip between the locations throughout the year? Eg Miami/ palm beach ‘branch’, ny/ dc branch, london branch etc etc
With so many working remotely it sounds like an amazing biz model

Fusion Global? And there's always homrschooling through bespoke online classes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is a terrible model for kids. It’s not good for them to move constantly. And yes I realize military kids have to do it but this sounds like doing all that moving without any of the other support system framework the military families have to work with.

You can't magically keep the kids from moving. Having the same curriculum structure will make things easier, if only moderately so.

[Anonymous]

French international schools have somewhat of this model to allow diplomats and businessmen to move whenever and their children can still go to a school with the same (French) curriculum. But it’s generally seen as making a bad situation less bad, not a good situation in and of itself.

But if you are thinking of kids who follow snowbird parents to FL half the year… no. That sounds like a logistical nightmare and does not consider the well-being of the kids at all. What would the teachers do when half the class goes to another state for 6 months in the winter?

If you want this lifestyle and can afford it, I suggest living and sending your kids to school in the place you prefer in the winter, and moving to your summer house for 3 months during the school break.

[Anonymous]

Hotdesking schools is a terrible idea. Teachers spend hours balancing sections in terms of academic level, gender, behavioral needs, parent needs, etc. Classes could not be balanced with students moving so frequently. If a few difficult students moved in, I could see other families fleeing at the end of the month, leaving the school in financial difficulty.

Furthermore, keeping different locations in lockstep would be difficult. Different classes move at different rates. What if a teacher is out sick and the sub doesn’t teach the lesson as well? Yes, it’s done for diplomatic families, but it’s not the ideal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:International schools work a bit like this. They all follow the same IB curriculum. Avenues the world school also

Uh- no. SOME international schools follow IB curriculum, and so it can be less disruptive when students change as there is certain degree of consistency. French schools are well-known for being relatively transferable. But relative is the key word, and even those places are in the minority in our experience. And even in these schools where kids and faculty are accustomed to constant changes, it is really hard to move from one place to another and moving more than every couple of years would be challenging.

But it works fine, our kids have moved a lot and while it requires changing grades at times and some transition, they are okay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:International schools work a bit like this. They all follow the same IB curriculum. Avenues the world school also

Uh- no. SOME international schools follow IB curriculum, and so it can be less disruptive when students change as there is certain degree of consistency. French schools are well-known for being relatively transferable. But relative is the key word, and even those places are in the minority in our experience. And even in these schools where kids and faculty are accustomed to constant changes, it is really hard to move from one place to another and moving more than every couple of years would be challenging.

But it works fine, our kids have moved a lot and while it requires changing grades at times and some transition, they are okay.

And by the way, if you are raising French schools (more specific than IB) you might as well get into GEMS, Nord Angelica, etc. And IB can include EYP, PYP and many curricula are standard across years and countries that it works.

In other words, it doesn't exist, but on the other hand, it does.